William Bradford (Rhode Island)

William Bradford (4 November 1729-6 July 1808) was a US Senator from Rhode Island from 4 March 1793 to October 1797, succeeding Joseph Stanton Jr. and preceding Ray Greene. He was a member of the Federalist Party.

Biography
William Bradford was born in Plympton, Massachusetts in 1729, and he became a lawyer in Bristol, Rhode Island in 1767. From 1775 to 1778, he served as Deputy Governor of Rhode Island, and he commanded the colony's militia from June to October 1775. From 1773 to 1776, he served on the Rhode Island Committee of Correspondence. From 1793 to 1797, he served in the US Senate as a Federalist Party member, and he returned home to Bristol and died in 1808.